Crosby scores twice in win

Crosby scored the Penguins' fourth and fifth goals to take the NHL lead with 44 on the season.

Alexei Ponikarovsky scored in his Penguins debut, and Jordan Staal, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also had goals.

Mike Ribeiro and Brandon Segal each had a goal and an assist, and Loui Eriksson scored his 25th goal for Dallas, which has lost three straight since the NHL resumed play.

Avalanche 7, Blues 3 At Denver, Chris Stewart completed his first NHL hat trick with a penalty shot and Milan Hejduk scored twice for Colorado in his return from a seven-week injury layoff as Craig Anderson made 39 saves in his team-record 20th consecutive start.

Stewart, who boosted his season total to 24 goals, had crossed the blue line on a breakaway when beaten Blues defenseman Erik Johnson tripped him in a desperate attempt to stop him, leading to the penalty shot.

T.J. Galiardi and Matt Hendricks also scored. Alexander Steen scored twice, and David Perron added a goal for St. Louis.

Lightning 6, Thrashers 2 At Tampa, Florida, Steven Stamkos extended his franchise-record points streak to 16 games, and Antero Niittymaki remained unbeaten against Atlanta.

Stamkos had two goals which gave him 40 for the season and an assist. The center has 15 goals and 14 assists during his streak.

Niittymaki improved to 17-0-0 overall against Atlanta. Martin St. Louis, Paul Szczechura, Teddy Purcell on a penalty shot and Vincent Lecavalier also scored for the Lightning, who stopped a five-game losing streak.

Niclas Bergfors and Colby Armstrong scored for Atlanta.

Capitals 2, Rangers 0 At Washington, Eric Belanger scored his first goal for Washington and fellow trade-deadline pickup Joe Corvo had an assist as the NHL leader beat New York to stretch its club-record home winning streak to 13 games.

With two-time league MVP Alex Ovechkin mired in his longest goal drought of the season six games the Capitals are finding scoring elsewhere. Eric Fehr put in his 17th goal off assists from Corvo and Tomas Fleischmann during a 5-on-3 in the first period, and Belanger doubled the lead in the second period.

Jose Theodore made 30 saves for his first shutout in nearly a year.

Panthers 4, Hurricanes 1 At Sunrise, Florida, Michael Frolik and Kamil Kreps scored in a 1:11 span of the first period and Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves as Florida snapped Carolina's winning streak at seven games.

Justin Peters made 26 saves while suffering his first career loss following three straight wins. Jussi Jokinen scored his 25th goal for Carolina.

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